Autopsy Round 8, 2025: Positives and Negatives vs Melbourne

[Rowan18]

Lycett was a 203 cms 102 kg limited ruckman, who was great value because he was prepared to hunt the body and intimidate better rucks/oppo players.

Flynn is a 202 cm ###kg (obscured in case anyone thinks he is fat - you bullies!) limited ruckman who is far too nice and all up, a powder puff of a gentle giant.

Flynn, if he gets a game this week, needs to learn from Nankervis who's 199cms, 102 kgs and hits hard (watch him throwing Hawks players around when the scuffles began).

Mind you, only Scotty will ever have this career air swing highlight:


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Pretty sure he did another one when playing for Port.

 

[BartBart]

Gawn is elite. An all-timer.

BUT

The ease of his work on Saturday was deplorable. Some contests he didn't even appear to have to worry about an opposition.

Flynn was dreadful.

Exactly the same in Rd 1 v GC (Last 2 paragraphs)

 

[jdisc]

Lycett was a 203 cms 102 kg limited ruckman, who was great value because he was prepared to hunt the body and intimidate better rucks/oppo players.

Flynn is a 202 cm ###kg (obscured in case anyone thinks he is fat - you bullies!) limited ruckman who is far too nice and all up, a powder puff of a gentle giant.

Flynn, if he gets a game this week, needs to learn from Nankervis who's 199cms, 102 kgs and hits hard (watch him throwing Hawks players around when the scuffles began).

Mind you, only Scotty will ever have this career air swing highlight:


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Scotty was also the one to drunkenly coin the phrase "up the bloody coasters" at Adelaide Oval

 

[ziad]

Missed the game live as I was at a wedding. I did see patches on the phone including most of the third. I have now seen a replay.
It was largely boys with old role players playing men (15 ex premiership players). Our old role players were up against some of the best in the AFL. With Gov out I would have taken the eventual margin, didn't see the chance of a win as anything but remote. Plenty of possibles and probables for us but it will be another season or so.

I paid attention to Simpson's comments - they seemed logical explanations of what was obvious. The vitriol by some is sad. Impressive that he got the old role players to a premiership.

 

[eaglesfan84]

Was thinking about this. When Naitanui went down in 2018 it killed one of our big points of difference.

We beat Collingwood, Melbourne, Collingwood in the 2018 finals which meant going up against Grundy (twice) and Gawn, the two AA rucks. We had Lycett and Vardy and managed to do enough to win all 3 games.

QF Grundy had 48 hitouts 18 touches, we lost the hitouts 49-28 and clearances 37-36
PF Gawn had 36 hitouts 11 touches, we lost the hitouts 42-33 and won clearances 40-32
GF Grundy had 49 hitouts 10 touches, we lost the hitouts 57-29 and clearances 46-41

I don't remember either having much of an influence in those games.

On Saturday Gawn had 47 hitouts 35 touches, we lost the hitouts 49-27 and won clearances 49-26. Clear BOG. He's phenomenal but our #1 clearance winner was Tyler Brockman. Felt like every centre bounce was Gawn tap to Viney/Petracca/Rivers, two WC players run to the Melbourne player with the ball and don't impact the contest, the Melbourne player handballs to a free teammate in space. WTAF.

This is Luke Shueys handiwork, didn't rate the Shuey/Nic Nat combo (come at me I know) because they should have been way more dominant than they were but their planning seemed to be lacking something, now that Shuey coaching the stoppages it's evident it's his tactics that are lacking something.

 

[eaglesfan84]

And in the meantime why aren’t we developing strategies to shark or at least negate a winning ruckman?

Even stopping the seagulling would be a start.

Reason = Shuey

 

[Cuzz09]

tackles i50 5 to 17.

We desperately need some pressure when it does get there.

 

[KERRPOW]

He commentates Thursday night football for SEN most weeks.

Ah so he'll be commentating a team he could potentially be coaching next year.